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A C680 briefly departed the runway in a wind gust striking runway edge lights with its left gear door; wingtip; and flap.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 652270 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200503 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : elp.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | other |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Sovereign |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 67 flight time total : 6230 flight time type : 110 |
| ASRS Report | 652270 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : runway ground encounters other inflight encounter other other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
While touching down; a strong; unforeseen gust of wind caused aircraft to shift to the left edge of the runway where the left gear door; the left wingtip and the left flap struck the runway edge lights before I was able to regain the centerline of the runway. The aircraft exited the runway without further incident and was inspected by an engineer from cessna aircraft company.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C680 BRIEFLY DEPARTED THE RWY IN A WIND GUST STRIKING RWY EDGE LIGHTS WITH ITS L GEAR DOOR; WINGTIP; AND FLAP.
Narrative: WHILE TOUCHING DOWN; A STRONG; UNFORESEEN GUST OF WIND CAUSED ACFT TO SHIFT TO THE L EDGE OF THE RWY WHERE THE L GEAR DOOR; THE L WINGTIP AND THE L FLAP STRUCK THE RWY EDGE LIGHTS BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN THE CTRLINE OF THE RWY. THE ACFT EXITED THE RWY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND WAS INSPECTED BY AN ENGINEER FROM CESSNA ACFT COMPANY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.